Auburn Avenue

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historic street street in Atlanta

Auburn Avenue is a historic street in Atlanta, Georgia, renowned as the heart of the Sweet Auburn district and a center of African American culture, business, and civil rights history.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Auburn Avenue canonical	4
Auburn Avenue, Atlanta	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic street ⓘ street in Atlanta ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sweet Auburn Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	African American middle class in Atlanta ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Christian Leadership Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSignificance	symbol of Black economic empowerment ⓘ symbol of the struggle for civil rights in the United States ⓘ
experienced	economic decline after mid-20th century urban renewal and highway construction ⓘ
hasDesignation	part of a National Register of Historic Places district ⓘ
hasLandUse	mixed commercial and institutional ⓘ residential (in segments) ⓘ
hasNotableSite	Atlanta Life Insurance Company building NERFINISHED ⓘ Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History NERFINISHED ⓘ Big Bethel A.M.E. Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Citizens Trust Bank building NERFINISHED ⓘ Ebenezer Baptist Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Herndon Home (nearby, associated) NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Hall Masonic Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Peacock Club building NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Christian Leadership Conference headquarters (historic) NERFINISHED ⓘ The King Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	center of Black-owned business in Atlanta in early 20th century ⓘ cultural center for African Americans in the Jim Crow era ⓘ major hub of African American political organizing ⓘ
knownFor	African American business ⓘ African American culture ⓘ Black-owned financial institutions ⓘ civil rights history ⓘ historic African American churches ⓘ role in the American Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
namedFor	Auburn, a poetic term and place name used in 19th-century America NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Downtown Atlanta NERFINISHED ⓘ Edgewood Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Sweet Auburn historic district NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	National Historic Landmark District (as part of Sweet Auburn) NERFINISHED ⓘ
streetType	urban commercial corridor ⓘ
timeOfGreatestProsperity	early to mid-20th century ⓘ
transportConnection	served by Atlanta Streetcar ⓘ
underwent	revitalization and preservation efforts in late 20th and early 21st centuries ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sweet Auburn neighborhood → namedAfter → Auburn Avenue ⓘ

Sweet Auburn neighborhood → hasPart → Auburn Avenue ⓘ

Historic Fire Station No. 6 → locatedOn → Auburn Avenue ⓘ

Downtown Atlanta → hasLandmarkStreet → Auburn Avenue ⓘ

Atlanta Life Insurance Company → buildingLocation → Auburn Avenue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Auburn Avenue, Atlanta